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The Greenhouse Strategy

Gobsoor Farm operates over 15 greenhouses, ensuring a continuous supply of tomatoes throughout the year. The farm’s advanced infrastructure includes two boreholes, drip irrigation systems, and solar-powered water pumps, all contributing to efficient and sustainable farming practices.

September 30,2024

Client Spotlight: Tayo Plastic Factory

Tayo Household Plastic Factory Ltd., a local company with big dreams, has been transforming the landscape of plastic manufacturing since 2017.

August 26,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

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March 28, 2018

It’s Not Just about Europe: Understanding the Dynamics of Migration in Africa

We know a lot about the migration routes of the thousands who die at sea trying to get to Europe. But what about the plight of Africans migrating throughout Africa, often in unmonitored waters? In this third post in a series on migration issues at land and sea, we examine the risks and factors of mi...

Jay Benson

March 28, 2018

Peace Enforcement and the Geography of Rebel Violence Against Civilians

To determine where United Nations funds are best used to protect civilians, we must understand where violence most frequently occurs within a conflict zone.

March 12, 2018

Developing Intelligence and Information Capabilities: Making UN Peacekeeping More Effective

Tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence is essential to successful peace operations. Understanding the situation on the ground allows peacekeepers a better chance of success by guiding deployments, force protection measures, and other crucial operational decisions. Peacekeepers must also ...

March 09, 2018

Hopeful Milestone or Cause for Concern? Understanding the Risks Behind Colombia’s Upcoming Presidential Election

Postwar elections often increase the risk of renewed fighting between combatants. Will this be the case with Colombia’s upcoming presidential elections?

March 07, 2018

Celebrating the Role of Women in Fisheries on International Women’s Day

Secure Fisheries highlights women in fisheries on International Women’s Day

March 02, 2018

Do Refugees Fuel Armed Conflict? Understanding the Dynamics of Migration

Popular rhetoric paints refugees as a threat to their host countries. OEF Research examines the relationship and asks whether countries should refuse migrants in this second blog in our mixed migration series.

March 02, 2018

Right for the Wrong Reasons: Understanding the Real Risks Behind National Identity

Nationalism can be used, as a recent New York Times video argues, to exlude and villify outsiders. However, it can also be used to overcome linguistic and tribal differences to provide public goods and promote stability during times of great upheaval.

February 28, 2018

The Death of Open Access in Lake Victoria

For over 10,000 years, Lake Victoria has provided food and income to all who wanted to fish its waters. But the days of open access are coming to a dramatic close.

February 21, 2018

Countering Violence Against Civilians

UN peacekeeping operations have evolved in recent years to include more robust missions that pursue peace enforcement in a way not previously seen.

February 18, 2018

Faster Force Deployment: How to Make UN Peacekeeping More Effective

Empirical research shows that the presence of peacekeeping missions at or near full deployment significantly reduces violence against civilians. However, UN peacekeeping missions are often slow to deploy.

February 10, 2018

Legitimacy, Rationality, and the Danger of Social Media for Peaceful Societies

Legitimacy and trust in government are important for peace. But what happens when this trust erodes? People’s perceptions are not always based on rational criteria. We are ripe for manipulation regardless of what kind of political system we live under.

February 08, 2018

No Justice, No Peace: More than Just a Slogan?

Governing fairly is an essential element in creating peaceful societies. That’s what David Cortright, Conor Seyle, and Kristin Wall argue in their new book Governance for Peace. In peaceful societies, people rely on governance institutions to solve conflicts—they do not take up arms to fight their c...

January 28, 2018

Violence and Votes: Why Organize a Non-Competitive Election in Egypt?

In our first post in a new series on elections in dictatorships, we discuss the first presidential election to take place in Egypt for the first time since 2014 and the strategies of hosting elections, even noncompetitive ones, for dictators by coup.

January 25, 2018

244 Million on the Move and Counting: Five Ways to Understand the Dynamics of Migration

Mixed migration takes many forms, including climate- or conflict-induced displacement, economic migration, asylum-seeking, forced labor, smuggling, or human trafficking. This is the first of five blog posts looking at mixed migration from different governance angles.

January 17, 2018

Global Investments are Building a Local Fishing Economy

International investments are growing a successful fishing industry in Bosasso. A new tool from Secure Fisheries can help identify new locations around Somalia that will benefit from development and capacity building.

December 29, 2017

One in 10 Interstate Disputes Are Fishy – And the Implications Stink

Between 1993 and 2010, 11 percent of militarized interstate disputes involved fisheries, fishers, or fishing vessels.

December 21, 2017

Fish, Food Security, and Violent Conflict

“If you’re interested in conservation, you’d better be interested in conflict. So argues Dr. Tim McClanahan, one of the world’s most highly cited fisheries academics.

December 13, 2017

Working Locally and Transnationally: Making UN Peacekeeping More Effective

Threats by terrorist and militant organizations are becoming increasingly transnational, posing serious challenges to single country-focused UN missions. This fourth blog in our UN Peacekeeping series calls for making peacekeeping less state-centric through local and regional collaboration.&nbs...